Paul Bowles, has been one of my favorite modern American writers for some time and, Days: A Tangier Diary (1987) was inspired by a friend for a journal article. Bowles claims that his daily life is boring, but it seems as though he has some interesting observations about things as disparate as the root of the political troubles that were plaguing Sri Lanka at the time, visits from print and TV journalists, musings on the violent effects of ramadan fasting on some individuals, meeting famous vistors such as Patrica Highsmith and Mick Jagger among other personal anecdotes and observations. I would certianly have read more of his journals, had he kept them.
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